Tag Archives: Mexico

Opinion writer Azavieria Payne argues America needs to develop a strong, humane strategy to manage the immigration crisis on the Mexican-American border. We’re two years into Donald Trump’s presidency, and things at the border still have not cooled down. After campaigning on the premise of building a wall and having Mexico pay for it, Trump has had the challenge of controlling …

Two tourists wandered along a working class street in Cuzco, Peru, aided only by a map and the occasional stranger’s help. What had started as a visit to a museum for Jo Merkle and Phil Berry of Athens, Ohio, turned into an impromptu adventure. The bounty they were after: beads. The museum had held a few they had liked, and …

While Donald Trump is burning bridges with Mexico in an attempt to force them to pay for a wall, President Barack Obama is trying to restore a broken relationship with Cuba. Obama is the first U.S. president to visit communist Cuba since 1959, according to CNN. While many people discuss the Islamic State Group as being a threat to the …

In late 2014, 43 students at a Mexican teacher’s college disappeared. Since then, their families have been fighting for justice in this case, which has become a symbol of the larger issue of disappearances across Mexico. With the pope’s visit to the nation between Feb. 12 and 17, many were hoping he would shine a light on the injustices occurring …

Illegal immigration has always been a hot topic in politics over the past decade. The Southwestern region of the country has been taking action to limit the amount of illegal immigrants and the benefits they are allowed to have or access. Now, Arizona has decided to expand its driver’s license ban from only undocumented workers to all undocumented immigrants that …

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